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“Then exaggerate your limp, stammer deliberately, sham sickness frequently, let your wits wander, jerk your head and twitch with your hands on all public or semi-public occasions. If you could see as much as I can see, you would know that this was your only hope of safety and eventual glory.”
As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned.
